Reorganisation presents a once-in-a-generation chance to make sure our councils match the modern realities of our places, making sure outdated boundaries are not constraining growth, particularly in our towns and cities.
Campaigner Aysha Hawcutt stated that residents were 'not anti-homes', but believed the Adlington plan was 'the wrong proposal in the wrong place'. She expressed pride in the community's resilience against the development threats.
Developer Michael O'Flynn stated that there is 'huge concern' in the construction industry regarding potential inflated prices on supplies due to the global turmoil caused by the war.
UCLA's research indicates that if the area surrounding a transit stop is included in the definition, it could add more than 1.3 million acres of land statewide where housing bonuses would apply, nearly tripling the amount of land currently eligible.
The food is excellent. I'm very disappointed and sad to hear they might be closing down. It's heartbreaking. But there's nothing we can do about it. We need to find a new location. But everything is kind of expensive because of inflation.
The president was very enthusiastic about this idea, very enthusiastic. The plan would be one of the biggest federal investments in housing in 50 years if it comes to fruition. Mamdani's team presented Trump with a custom fake front page of the New York Daily News reading Trump to City: Let's Build and Backs New Era of Housing, referencing the famous 1975 front page where President Ford rejected New York's bailout request.
Law, who grew up in Blackheath and went to nearby John Ball Primary School, said the plans were not the answer to London's growing housing crisis. He said: My junior school was across from the site where this proposed development will take place. This plan does not answer housing needs. Instead this plan will enforce a strain on a wonderful old village that deserves our protection.
Marvel actor Dominic Cooper is one of many high-profile public figures who has voiced concerns about developer Acorn's plan to build 20 terraced homes and 25 flats on the Blackheath station car park site. Dominic Cooper (Ian West/PA) The plans would see the car park capacity reduced from 162 spaces to only 17, while the development itself would deliver 21.3 per cent affordable' housing by habitable room. Lewisham Council's Planning Committee has been advised by planning officers to grant permission at a meeting on Tuesday, but the plans have been strongly opposed by locals and celebrities alike.
A proposal to build 15,000 new homes on a brownfield site at Thamesmead has been shortlisted as one of 12 "new towns" across the country to help meet house-building targets. The plan was given a boost last year with the Chancellor backing a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) extension to the area, but the scheme is still waiting formal government approval.
Plans for an eight-story apartment building are taking shape in the East Whisman area of Mountain View, a part of the city that is better known for office buildings and surface parking lots than high-density housing. The applicant, Jeffrey Stone of WTA Middlefield, is proposing to build a 460-unit apartment complex with nearly 9,400 square feet of ground floor retail at 490 E. Middlefield Road, replacing a two-story office building. Currently, the site is surrounded by other office buildings, but more residential growth is planned for the East Whisman area, including a massive development down the street at 675 and 685 E. Middlefield Road.
Santa Clara wrapped up 2025 with an impressive 2,768 new residential units, far surpassing the 155 completions from 2024 and earlier years. Most of these additions came as apartments and condominiums, with a small portion from accessory dwelling units and single-family homes. This wave of development marks a high point for the city, reflecting years of preparation that now deliver much-needed options amid the Bay Area's tight inventory.
Despite its height, planning officers say the tower will be in-keeping with the area, pointing to the proximity of the 16-storey Juniper House, the 14-storey Travelodge hotel, and the twelve-storey Gateway Apartments building. It will be part of an existing cluster of tall buildings, the planning team told councillors, and would only lead to a minor loss of open skyline. Though councillors ultimately agreed the public benefits outweighed any harm to the town centre, six formal objections were received ahead of the meeting.
Fifteen-minute neighborhood, 20-minute neighborhood, smart growth, new urbanism. Right. I think they all are discussing the same thing, come to the same conclusion. And so, you know, how do we create a closer proximity of like housing and those essentials? I think parking lots are a big gap. And so Portland removed parking requirements, which kind of frees up this space to be developed into something else.
If you are inside the Texas Triangle and complaining about the state of single-family homebuilding, you are not seeing the opportunity correctly. The Texas Triangle today looks a lot like Southern California in scale and Hg weight. But Texas is growing faster, is less constrained by land and regulation, and is more affordable for firms and households. In 2004, the Texas Triangle encompassed five of the 20 largest U.S. cities and accounted for more than 70% of Texans, with a population of 13.8 million.
South London footie fans, pay attention: Southwark Council has officially approved plans to refurbish Dulwich's historic Champion Hill football stadium. The council has given the green light to plans that will see Dulwich Hamlet FC's old stadium transformed into a new 4,000-seat ground with a brand-new pitch and modern facilities. The footie club has been based in the borough for 123 years, and the new stadium is expected to secure the future of the team for years to come.
Tucked just inside the M25, Crews Hill near Enfield has been home to a cluster of horticultural businesses for decades, leading to it being nicknamed the golden mile. Many of these small, family-run businesses selling plants, fencing and paving fear they will be closed down and forced to move if the government selects Crews Hill and nearby Chase Park as one of its next generation of new towns.
The February 2021 closure of the CineArts at Empire movie theater on West Portal Avenue was the canary in the coal mine that the COVID-19 pandemic would be the undoing of many SF movie theaters. Over the years, a couple of defunct SF movie theaters have tried to find new life as housing, including the Richmond District's Alexandria Theatre, which has been stuck in the mud on those plans for nearly three years running.
TfL first announced plans to extend an Overground line to Bermondsey all the way back in 2009. It was finally approved by Lewisham Council in 2022. Then, after years of setbacks, in 2024 property developers said they wanted to drop £17 million on a brand new station next to Millwall Stadium. But with no more news, by the end of 2025 south Londoners had all but given up on their dreams of a new Overground hub.
